Display carton



April 28, 1925. 1,535,968.

l R. VAN IDERSTINE DISPLAY CARTON Filed March 27, 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 W/TNESSES 1l TTORIIE f8 April Z8, T925.

4 R. VAN DERSTINE DISPLAY CARTON Filed MarCh 27, 1923 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR qynonv VHN /DEsr/Ns Apyfil 2s, 1925.

4 v1,535,968 R. VAN IDERSTINE DISPLAY CARTON Filed March 2v. 1923 s sheets-'sheet s lfo llll lllaflllflllll f A TTHRNEYS WITNESSES Patented Apr. 28, 1,925.

- UNITED STATES RAYMONDl VAN ID'ERSTINE, OF GLEN RIDGE, NEW JERSEY.

DISPLAY CARTON.

Application filed March 27, 1923. Serial No. 628,082. i

' To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RAYMOND VAN IBER- STINE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Glen Ridge, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have inventedv a new and Improved Display Carton, of

which the following is a full, clear, `and exact description.

rlhis invention has relation to display cartons and aims as its principal object to produce a display carton which is so constructed as to render the same practically proof against theft of the contents when in display position.

As a further objectthe invention contemplates a display carton which is constructed from a single piece of material and so folded and arranged that the surfaces which are printed and displayed are on one face thereof whereby stock which is coated only on one side may be employed in the manufacture of the same.

As a further object the invention provides a display carton which is fully closed when not in display position whereby the same constitutes a highly efficient package for the contents without the necessity of employing a string, a wrapper or other `fastening means to hold the same in closed condition.

The invention furthermore `aims to produce a display carton which is extremely simplein its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, which Lis flat and compact when folded whereby the same may be nested for shipment, and which may be readily set up for filling.

With the above recited and other objects in view, theinvention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following speci- Fication, particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

In the drawingsc Figure 1 is a perspective view of the carton set up for display.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View therethrough.

Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating the carton in closed condition.

Fig. l is a plan view of the blank from which the carton is constructed gluing of the same.

Fig. 5 is a similar view after the gluing and illustrating the carton in collapsed position for storage and shipment.

Fig. 6 is asectional view taken approximately on theline G-G of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 6 when the carton is set up and prior to the Vfolding' of the end flaps. y

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the box consists of a body having Ia top wall 10, side walls 11 and a bottom wall 12, which walls are preferably constructed integral, one of the side walls 11 prior to the `being provided with a flap 13 which is glued or pasted to the inner face of the `free edge of the bottom `12. Thefront of the box is formed by interlockingliaps lt which are preferably integral extensions from the front edges of the side walls 11 and. which are turned inwardly and interengaged with each other when the box is set up. The cover iap 15 formed preferably as an integral extension ofthe lfront edge of the bottom wall 12 is provided which is turned `upwardly `to overlie the interlocking flaps 14 and is provided with a bendable end 16 which is inserted between the upper edges of the interlocking flaps and-the front `edge of the top wall. The rear wall consists of an inner flap 17 which is formed preferably as `.an integral extension of the bottom wall 12 and is provided with a bendable end 18 which is frictionally engaged between the upper edges of the inturned flanges 19 formed preferably as integral fextensions from the rear edges of the side walls 11. The inner flap 17 at its juncture with the `bottom wall 12 is formed with a medial slit 2O which is coincident with its line of folding and the purpose of which slit will be hereinafter set forth. The inner flap 17 is further provided with a substantially horseshoe shaped cut 21 winch provides a door 22 and a doorway 23 to be used as a means for gaining access to the interior of the box from the rear of the same when in display or set up condition. The rear wall further includes an outer flap 24 which is formed preferably as an integral extension of the top wall 10 and is provided at its free lower edge with a projecting tongue 25 approximately the same length as the slit 2O whereby said flan is held in covering relation over the inner iap 17 when the carton is lilled and packed for shipment with its contents. The flap 2e is provided further with a semicircular cut 26 whereby the outer end portion 2? may be bent to lie substantially parallel thereto with the major portion of the iiap 211 proj ecting` upwardly and rearwardly at an angle to constitute a display flap upon which printed matter may be inscribed. The saine is held in this position by the portion 24 which serves as a support by the insertion of the tongue 25 between the rear edge ot the top 10 and the bendable end 18 of the inner flap 17.

l't will thus be seen that from the foregoing construction a display carton is provided which when set on a counter serves the purpose of advertising the contents while at the same time acting to minimize the probability oi theft of the contents due to the 'fact that access to the contents is gained only through the doorway or vending opening 23 in the inner lap which constitutes the rear wall. t will be further noted that all ot the exposed or displayed surfaces which are to be printed are on one side ot' the stock from which the carton is constructed whereby the carton may be constructed from a. stock which is noted only on one face.

l claim:

1. An advertising` and display carton, comprising a box-like body having` completely closed front, top, side and bottom walls, adapted to present surfaces for receiving and displaying advertising indicia relative to the contents, the rear wall having a dispensing opening` for removing and vending the goods contained thereby, a closure iiap normally closing said opening whereby the goods is housed and protected against handling or theft, and a. combined display flap and supplemental covering` for the rear wall adapted to respectively project upwardly and rearwardly when in display position and to cover the rear wall for retaining the closure flap in closed position.

2. A carton for counter advertising and display, comprisinga box-like body having completely closed front, top, side and bottom walls adapted to present outer surfaces 'for receiving` and displaying` advertising` indicia relative to the contents thereof, a rear wall having a dispensing opening` for removing and vending the goods therefrom, a closure lap normally closing said opening, and a combined display and supplemental covering flap tor the rear wall hinged to swing in the same direction as the dispensing opening covering flap and scored transversely to be bent upon itself when in display position, and a locking tab carried by the tree edge of the display iap for insertion between the upper wall ot' the body and the upper end oit the rear wall, and a keeper slit at the juncture of the rear wall and the bottom wall for receiving the locking tab when the display flap is in covering relation to the rear wall.

3. A display carton co-mprising a box-like body having a vending opening in its rear wall, a closure flap therefor, a display ilap adapted to be bent transversely upon itself to extend upwardly and rearwardly from the upper rear corner of the box body when in display position, a locking tab at the tree end of the display iap insertable between the upper wall ot the box and the upper end of the rear wall for holding the display flap in its display position, and a slitted portion at the junctureot the rear wall and the bot toni constituting a keeper for receiving the locking tab of the display lap whereby to maintain the display flap in covering relation to the rear wall for retaining the closure lap tor the vending opening in close relation thereto.

4l. In a counter display and advertising carton, constructed from a single sheet of material, which includes integral closed bottom, side and top walls, and a closed front wall, a rear wall hingedly connected to the bottom wall and provided at its upper free end with a bendable retaining terminal insertable beneath the rear end of the top wall, a substantially semi-circular slitted portion in the rear wall providing a rear vending opening for the carton and an integral closure flap, and a slitted portion at the juncture of said rear wall and the bottom wall, in combination with a combined display and supplemental closure flap hingedly secured to the rear edge of the to-p wall and transversely bendable, said flap having a locking pad at its tree end respectively engageable between the terminal of the rear wall and the rear end of the upper wall to retain the flap in double display position projecting upwardly Jrom the rear of the carton, said locking tab being further engageable in the slitted portion at the juncture o1 the rear wall and the bottom wall to retain the combined display and covering flap in covering relation to the rear wall for holding the vending opening` flap in closed position.

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